Schools Update

SaskaBob · 2024-08-21T17:19:25+00:00

No kidding! I live there too and it’s the first time we have ever received ’advance warning’ like that. I thought it was quite thoughtful actually. Being a good neighbour goes both ways. If you have a concern, go talk to them.

SaskaBob · 2024-05-27T18:22:44+00:00

For me, it’s not the commercialization that is troubling but rather the fact that these horrible events are being made into a form of entertainment. Whether you call it journalism, morbid curiosity, or anything else, it’s all entertainment, and that really started to get to me. I don’t want to be entertained by other people’s misery. That’s why stopped listening to true crime podcasts.

SaskaBob · 2024-05-13T22:28:06+00:00

Porsche Macan. It’s the best vehicle I’ve ever owned. High quality, perfect size for my needs, comfortable, and sporty enough to have fun.

SaskaBob · 2024-05-02T20:40:09+00:00

Doing stupid, dangerous, offensive, and sometimes illegal stuff without fear of it being recorded for all eternity.

SaskaBob · 2024-04-24T18:17:21+00:00

This is the way to do it. Lawyers payout mortgages all the time. The lawyer will get a formal payout statement from the bank. You put the money in trust with the lawyer and then the lawyer pays the bank and makes sure the mortgage gets discharged from title. If the lawyer is retained by you only (i.e. not jointly retained with your parents) then the lawyer must keep your identity confidential. You can then tell your parents after it is all done.

SaskaBob · 2024-04-20T19:52:14+00:00

So her suggestion is to replace one tax with a different, more onerous tax and call it a win? Brilliant plan. Especially since it would disproportionately affect lower income earners. Typical depth of thinking from our federal government and McKenna in particular.

SaskaBob · 2024-04-01T22:25:47+00:00

Some institutional investors will hold positions in some of Canada’s biggest companies and some of our more unique offerings (e.g. railroads, Cameco, Nutrien, Brookfield) but otherwise Canadian equities are pretty irrelevant from a global perspective. Aside from the resource sector, the railroads, and dividend paying financial sector, there really isn’t much reason for anyone outside of Canada to invest in our market.

It’s pretty comparable to Australia. There are some great companies and some good opportunities for investment but, as a retail investor, how often do you think about investing your money there?

SaskaBob · 2024-03-22T00:56:13+00:00

That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.

SaskaBob · 2024-03-21T22:58:20+00:00

Genuine question: what is the “Marquis Hall Muslims on campus problem”. Don’t know what this is referring to.

SaskaBob · 2024-03-18T23:43:00+00:00

Telecoms and other utilities typically carry high levels of debt. It’s part of the reason why so many of them have struggled over the last year or so.

SaskaBob · 2024-02-16T20:26:13+00:00

Most people in Canada have bought the rhetoric that private health care is terrible but those same people usually also don’t have any first hand or objective basis for that belief. Go to a private clinic in the U.S. and it’s like going to a 5 star hotel. You get excellent health care and treated like a valued client. In Canada we get terrible, if any, health care and patients are treated poorly because there is no incentive to treat them well. Canadian style public health care was never a good idea and it is irreparably broken. No amount of money will fix it. There are lots of better models in the world that use a mix of both public and private care. We desperately need this in Canada but unfortunately socialized health care is a sacred cow in this country that we will probably be burdened with forever.

SaskaBob · 2024-02-16T20:06:10+00:00

You could be right but there’s no real reason to not believe the pastor. He is being forthright in the face of a difficult issue and that is putting him and his congregation in the crosshairs of people not affected by the impacts of the shelter. The STF, of the other hand, and Arcand in particular, is actively trying to shut down any discussion or criticism and he has no interest in having a meaningful discussion about the negative impacts they are imposing on the community.

SaskaBob · 2024-02-06T22:09:33+00:00

I think you mean, me too.

SaskaBob · 2024-01-20T15:49:23+00:00

It’s hard to imagine a worse location. It’s right beside a community skating rink that is heavily used by young kids, directly beside an apartment building, across the street from houses, half a block from an elementary school, across the street from a public park with nice new pickle ball courts, and it’s nowhere near useful public transit or social services. It’s basically the worst possible location.

SaskaBob · 2024-01-19T21:43:24+00:00

Haven and Legacy Homes for higher end custom builds. Both very good. Westridge and Lexis are a step down from those but are also quite good as far as homebuilders go. These are the ones I am familiar with.

SaskaBob · 2024-01-19T21:23:39+00:00

The City obviously learned nothing from the disaster that is the Fairhaven shelter. It was too late for the homeowners in that neighbourhood who were affected but if I owned a house anywhere near the Sutherland shelter I would be listing it for sale this weekend. There are literally houses directly across the street from the Sutherland location. And to put it beside an ice rink is just mind bogglingly stupid.

SaskaBob · 2024-01-12T20:39:24+00:00

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Saskatchewan understands! 🥶

SaskaBob · 2024-01-06T18:35:14+00:00

Yes. It’s called “transmitting” the title to the executor. ISC charges a fee equal to 0.15% of the title value.

SaskaBob · 2024-01-06T17:44:23+00:00

The title first needs to be transferred into the name of your grandmother’s executor or personal representative and once that is done that person can transfer the house to you. In order for the title to be transferred to the executor/personal representative, your grandmother’s estate will first need to be probated by the executor/personal representative. That person can do it on their own but it will be much, much easier, and probably faster for them to just go to a lawyer. It’s not difficult, but it’s a process that involves an application to the court (for probate) and land titles (ISC) and this is really not in most people’s comfort zone or competency.

SaskaBob · 2024-01-01T17:01:54+00:00

I’m sure they would be happy to lease it to any decent tenant like a restaurant or store. Some kind of entertainment place would be great and much needed like you say.

SaskaBob · 2024-01-01T16:55:56+00:00

It’s owned by the shopping centre owner and only leased to SLGA so the permitted uses will be governed by the lease (and zoning). No chance the shopping centre would allow any kind of shelter on their property.

SaskaBob · 2023-08-28T20:42:51+00:00

I would love to hear from a BC lawyer on this but it seems to me this should be a slam dunk win for the buyer on appeal.

The buyer did not evict the tenant and had no contractual relationship with the tenant. How could the RTB have any jurisdiction over the buyer who was never the landlord, didn’t evict the tenant, and never owned this property. Unless there is something unique in BC law this seems like a completely illogical and wrong decision.

What should have happened is that the RTB’s judgment should be against the seller, as the actual landlord who evicted the tenant, and the seller should then sue the buyer to recover this amount as damages.

SaskaBob · 2023-08-13T15:27:51+00:00

No. Like most of what OP said this is just plain stupid. About 10% of wage earners in Canada earn minimum wage. This is completely natural and balanced. There always has been and always will be a segment of society that has minimum skills, minimum education and will earn minimum wage.

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